TSGL: How to remove shares from folders

Tue Jan 2 15:26:50 EST 2007

With every instance I have seen of Windows XP, no folders or drives are
shared. When I have set an entire drive to be shared, Windows generates a
warning message. If I right-click on the root directory of a drive, select
Properties and then click on the sharing tab, the tab states: "To protect
your computer from unauthorized access, sharing the root of a drive is not
recommended. If you understand the risk but still want to share the root of
the drive, click here."

When I right-click on a folder and select properties and then sharing, under
the heading "Network sharing and security" it states: "As a security
measure, Windows has disabled remote access to this computer, However, you
can enable remote access and safely share files by running the Network Setup
Wizard. If you understand the security risks but want to share files without
running the wizard, click here."

In other words, folder sharing is not enabled by default. It is unclear to
me how your drives became shared. It's not the default and it isn't very
secure. You may wish to go to Control Panel/System Properties and click on
the Remote tab. Be sure both check boxes are clear.

Hope this helps.

Ron

-----Original Message-----
From: list-bounces at tsgserver.com [mailto:list-bounces at tsgserver.com] On
Behalf Of A Hasanat Khan
Sent: January 2, 2007 10:47 AM
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Subject: Re: TSGL: How to remove shares from folders

I have been doing some research on shares and have come across the following

sites:

http://www.antionline.com/showthread.php?t=233879
http://www.jinx.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=38610
http://www.jsifaq.com/SF/Tips/Tip.aspx?id=5055

It seems that all drives are automatically shared and cannot be unshared. 
The shares are automatically enabled at reboot. The only way is to modify 
the Registry. My point is if this is the default, how come that MS Baseline 
security analyzer is telling me that I have too many shares, when I cannot 
remove them, not easily that is. I have 7 shares for the 7 partitions.

Presumably it cannot be all that unsafe with shares on, as otherwise MS 
would have done something about it.

Perhaps others can check whether their computers have shares enabled or not.

It must be if that is the default and they cannot be changed.

Win XP Pro with SP2 and all updates

Kind regards

Hasanat

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Russell W. Coover" <coover at fastmail.fm>
To: "'Tech Support Guy Mailing List'" <list at tsgserver.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2006 4:37 AM
Subject: Re: TSGL: How to remove shares from folders

> It is very dangerous to have your entire disk shared. Anybody who gains
> access to your network could do anything they wanted to your computer. If
> you download software which has a Trojan attached, your computer will
> probably join the millions of others around the world which have been made
> robots to do their masters wishes. And you are not the master.
>
> Frankly, I do not know what your problem is or how it occurred in the 
> first
> place, but I wouldn't rest until it was solved and removed. You may wish 
> to
> read the following ...
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308418
>
> Before trying anything, however, a full backup is in order. And the best
> full backup would be to Clone the drive to another. Acronis' True Image or
> Norton's Ghost is best for that. A free cloning software is DrvImagerXP,
> which I've found does a good job, but is difficult to use.
>
> Next, try to make the changes as Administrator in the Safe Mode. That may
> just do the job.
>
> I wish you well.
>
> Russ Coover
>
> I am trying to find myself. If you see me before I do, please ask me to 
> wait
> until I return.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: list-bounces at tsgserver.com [mailto:list-bounces at tsgserver.com] On
> Behalf Of A Hasanat Khan
> Sent: Wednesday, December 27, 2006 7:57 AM
> To: Tech Support Guy Mailing List
> Subject: TSGL: How to remove shares from folders
>
> Dear All,
>
> I have learned a lot from this group. But I do not recall this particular
> problem. MS Baseline Security Analyzer tells me that me that I have too 
> many
>
> shared folders, 7 in all, nd should be teduced. Sure enough I follow their
> guide line.  go to Admin Tools, Computer Management, and find that ALL my
> disk as well as the Windows folder have default shares as 'Total Control',
> which means anyone can share. MS tells me to right click on the shared
> folder in Computer Management. and change the share to a limited one. I
> right click, and the only options available are 'refresh' and 'help'. No
> option to change the share.
> I even tried right clicking a folder in Windows Explorer, to see whether
> there was anything there. There was one entry, and it led prompyly to 
> Admin
> Tools and Computer Management. Back to square one.
>
> Can any one help? Or does it matter if it is not changed?
>
> Hasanat
> from Bangladesh
>
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